Public Holidays on October 4

• 🌍 Festa nazionale di San Francesco d'Assisi, patrono d'Italia (Italy)
• 🌍 St. Francis of Assisi's Day (Italy)

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Religious Observances on October 4

• Jewish: Simchat Torah שמחת תורה

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On This Day in History — October 4

• 2010 — The Ajka plant accident in western Hungary releases about a million cubic metres (35 million cubic feet) of liquid alumina sludge. Nine people are killed and 122 injured, and the Marcal and Danube rivers are severely...
• 2006 — Wikileaks is launched by Julian Assange.
• 2004 — SpaceShipOne wins Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight, by being the first private craft to fly into space.
• 2003 — Maxim restaurant suicide bombing in Haifa, Israel: Twenty-one Israelis, Jews and Arabs, are killed, and 51 others wounded.
• 2001 — Siberia Airlines Flight 1812: A Sibir Airlines Tupolev Tu-154 crashes into the Black Sea after being struck by an errant Ukrainian S-200 missile. Seventy-eight people are killed.
• 1997 — The second largest cash robbery in U.S. history occurs at the Charlotte, North Carolina office of Loomis, Fargo and Company. A Federal Bureau of Investigation investigation eventually results in 24 convictions and...

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Notable Births on October 4

• 1990 — Signy Aarna, Estonian footballer
• 1989 — Dakota Johnson, American model and actress
• 1988 — Melissa Benoist, American actress and singer
• 1988 — Caner Erkin, Turkish footballer
• 1988 — Evgeni Krasnopolski, Israeli figure skater
• 1988 — Derrick Rose, American basketball player

Notable Deaths on October 4

• 2015 — William A. Culpepper, American general, lawyer, and judge (b. 1916)
• 2015 — Edida Nageswara Rao, Indian director and producer (b. 1934)
• 2015 — Dave Pike, American vibraphone player and songwriter (b. 1938)
• 2015 — Neal Walk, American basketball player (b. 1948)
• 2014 — Konrad Boehmer, German-Dutch composer and educator (b. 1941)
• 2014 — Hugo Carvana, Brazilian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1937)

Sports on October 4

• NHL: Boston Bruins @ Minnesota Wild — 00:00 UTC Final
• NHL: Dallas Stars @ Nashville Predators — 00:00 UTC Final
• College Football: Arkansas State Red Wolves @ Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns — 00:00 UTC Final
• College Football: Indiana Hoosiers @ Rutgers Scarlet Knights — 00:00 UTC Final
• MLB: San Diego Padres @ Milwaukee Brewers — 00:30 UTC Final
• NHL: St. Louis Blues @ Colorado Avalanche — 01:00 UTC Final

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Public Holidays on October 5

• 🌍 Implantação da República (Portugal)
• 🌍 King's Birthday (Australia)
• 🌍 Labour Day (Australia)
• 🌍 Republic Day (Portugal)
• 🌍 国庆节（补假） (China)
• 🌍 개천절 대체 휴일 (South Korea)

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On This Day in History — October 5

• 2011 — In the Mekong River massacre, two Chinese cargo boats are hijacked and 13 crew members murdered in the lawless Golden Triangle region of Southeast Asia.
• 2001 — Barry Bonds surpasses Mark McGwire's single-season home run total with his milestone 71st and 72nd home runs.
• 2000 — Mass demonstrations in Belgrade lead to resignation of Serbian strongman Slobodan Milošević. These demonstrations are often called the Bulldozer Revolution.
• 1999 — The Ladbroke Grove rail crash in west London kills 31 people.
• 1991 — An Indonesian military transport crashes after takeoff from Jakarta killing 137.
• 1990 — After one hundred and fifty years The Herald broadsheet newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, is published for the last time as a separate newspaper.

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Notable Births on October 5

• 2006 — Jacob Tremblay, Canadian actor
• 2005 — Lulu Wilson, American actress
• 2000 — Taahira Butterfield, Bermudian athlete
• 1996 — Jayden Nikorima, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1990 — Nathan Peats, Australian rugby league player
• 1989 — Kelsey Adrian, Canadian basketball player

Notable Deaths on October 5

• 2017 — Eberhard van der Laan, Dutch politician, mayor of Amsterdam (b. 1955)
• 2016 — Brock Yates, American journalist and author (b. 1933)
• 2015 — Chantal Akerman, Belgian-French actress, director, and producer (b. 1950)
• 2015 — Joker Arroyo, Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1927)
• 2015 — Grace Lee Boggs, American philosopher, author, and activist (b. 1915)
• 2015 — Henning Mankell, Swedish author and playwright (b. 1948)

Sports on October 5

• NHL: Florida Panthers @ Anaheim Ducks — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NHL: Calgary Flames @ Seattle Kraken — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Atlanta Braves @ Los Angeles Dodgers — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NFL: Detroit Lions @ Carolina Panthers — 00:20 UTC Scheduled
• NHL: Vegas Golden Knights @ Vancouver Canucks — 01:00 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Chicago White Sox @ Cleveland Guardians — 21:00 UTC Scheduled

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